later withdrawn . a special operations task group was deployed to support the reconstruction task ##force in april 2007 . in addition to radar crews , logistics and intelligence officers , and security personnel , this brought the number of australian personnel in afghanistan to 950 by mid @ - @ 2007 , with further small increases to 1 @ , @ 000 in mid @ - @ 2008 , 1 @ , @ 100 in early 2009 and 1 @ , @ 550 in mid @ - @ 2009 . a modest force remained in afghanistan over this time and was involved in counter @ - @ insurgency operations in ur ##uz ##gan province in conjunction united states and other coalition forces , including the dutch prior
later withdrawn. a special operations task group was deployed to support the reconstruction taskforce in april 2007. in addition to radar crews, logistics and intelligence officers, and security personnel, this brought the number of australian personnel in afghanistan to 950 by mid @ - @ 2007, with further small increases to 1 @, @ 000 in mid @ - @ 2008, 1 @, @ 100 in early 2009 and 1 @, @ 550 in mid @ - @ 2009. a modest force remained in afghanistan over this time and was involved in counter @ - @ insurgency operations in uruzgan province in conjunction united states and other coalition forces, including the dutch prior